Mazda North American Operations (MNAO) will launch the 2011 MAZDA2 in North America with a branded social game on Facebook. Called DriverVille and created by Doner, the game showcases the MAZDA2, positioned as Zoom-Zoom Concentrated: compact and efficient, yet packed with style and substance. To access the game visit http://www.facebook.com/Mazda (US) or http://facebook.com/mazdacanada (Canada) and click on the DriverVille tab.
Security consultant Ron Bowles has used a code to scan Facebook and gather public data from 100 million Facebook users, including unique IDs, profile URL, and their name. The list was then put up to download on the Internet.
Facebook denies that the issue is one of privacy concerns, as the information gathered was public anyway and available on search engines such as Google and Bing. “No private data is available or has been compromised,” a Facebook statement said.
However, security analysts believe the actual issue is the fact that the information was easily scanned and collected. “It is inconceivable that a firm with hundreds of engineers couldn´t have imagined a trawl of this magnitude…”
The Library of Congress in the United States has announced that it has made the practice of “jailbreaking” your iPhone or other cell phone legal. Unlocking the phone means that consumers can use it on other networks, and also download freeware.
Apple tried to fight the legalisation of jailbreaking, a practice that under company rules had made the phone´s warranty invalid. It claimed unlocking the phone violated copyright. However the FCC argued that it increased inter-operability.
This then came under fair-use, and thus is legal.
Source: ShortNews
Information technology experts are warning that unless action is taken we will run out of internet addresses – four number sequences that identify a device connected to the internet or a web site – within a year.
The current protocol, IPv4 allows for a maximum of 4 billion addresses. It was designed before personal computers and mobile phones became the norm and certainly before anyone anticipated that appliances such as fridges would one day be connected.
A replacement protocol, IPv6, is available but will be expensive to implement. ISPs and consumers will have to do significant software upgrades and in many cases replace hardware. Stop-gap solutions are likely to break many net applications.
Source: ShortNews
Kia Motors America (KMA) launches their first-ever “Who’s Next?” talent contest in search of the next big Internet star. Users will be invited to show “how they roll” through creative and appealing videos themed around the Kia Soul urban passenger vehicle and its popular tagline “a new way to roll.” The contest will run through the end of September with the top two finalists flown to Los Angeles for the announcement of the grand prize winner, who will receive a $10,000 prize.
To celebrate the 500 million people on Facebook, the company launched Facebook Stories, an application that celebrates the connections people have made and helps them easily share these stories. The stories include how they found love, formed groups, raised awareness of causes and reunited with others around the world. In this video, Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg announces the milestone and introduces the application.
In one of the coolest cooling centers around the city, local residents are welcome all weekend long to participate in Wii Games: Summer 2010 activities at Liberty State Park. Nintendo of America today launched Wii Games: Summer 2010, a first-of-its-kind tournament inviting consumers to get up and get playing with motion-control video games for the Wii™ system. New Jersey’s Liberty State Park was the site of a large-scale kick-off event, featuring an opening ceremony and an appearance by Olympic gold medalist Shawn Johnson. Kids, teens, adults and seniors participated in team challenges in games such as Wii Sports Resort™, Wii Fit™ Plus, New Super Mario Bros.™ Wii and Mario Kart™ Wii.